Valuing, loving and trusting oneself are essential attitudes for people, which will allow them to enjoy better mental and emotional health. In addition to being essential to avoid suffering from certain problems in the social or professional field. All of them concepts closely related to self-esteem and self-confidence. Two terms that, although they are often confused or used as synonyms, are very different from each other.
Having a healthy self-esteem and self-confidence allows people to know themselves better, accept themselves, relate better to others, understand themselves and, ultimately, be predisposed to optimism and positivity. For all this, it is necessary to develop and strengthen them throughout life, since they play a vital role in achieving emotional and psychological well-being. And they are also important to obtain these personal, as well as social, benefits.
Self-esteem consists of how a person values themselves, that is, the impression one has about oneself and which can be positive or negative. This image is built and developed throughout life, through experiences, emotions and thanks to a process of self-discovery. Furthermore, it is something that affects the external or physical appearance and also the personality, ability and qualities.
For its part, self-confidence has to do with a person's perception in relation to their own ability to achieve a certain objective or achievement. A concept that is linked to optimistic or pessimistic thinking that causes one to consider oneself more or less capable of achieving a goal.
Self-esteem and self-confidence have in common that they are about the perception that a person has towards themselves, but they are different. To begin with, because self-confidence is a part of self-esteem, which, in fact, is usually easier to build and work on than the second.
While self-esteem determines how a person sees themselves, that is, what their own opinion is regarding their worth, their physical appearance or their personality; self-confidence is related to how competent or not one considers oneself. And this has to do both with the possibility of achieving his goals and dreams, and with his performance in social relationships and, of course, in the professional or academic field.
The way in which both are constructed is also different. Self-esteem begins to form within the family environment and, subsequently, in the social environment, through a process of self-discovery that lasts throughout life. On the other hand, self-confidence is shaped as one faces challenges, experiences that translate into personal achievements.
